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Sir Gilbert Carter in retirement at Ilaro Court Lady Gilbert Carter at Ilaro Court in 1925 1925 watercolour painting (10x14 inches) signed by [Lady] Gilbert Carter of Ilaro Court's swimming pool, with her penciled "Emblem of life which still as we survey -- seems motionless -- yet ever glides away" and " To the Naiad [water nymph / dragon fly / Doris Turnbull] who lived a year in my pool, from ...
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi).
Mottley is the granddaughter of Ernest Deighton Mottley (1907–1973), a real estate broker and successful politician particularly at the parish level. He was the first Mayor of Bridgetown (1959), representing Bridgetown in the House of Assembly from 1946, who belonged to the conservative Barbados National Party .
A relatively modern plantation built in 1913 by Rene Mourraille and currently houses a private school. It is a designated property of the Barbados National Trust. Babbs St. Lucy 81 By 1913 the owner was Pedder Barrows St. Lucy 85 By 1913 the owner was Bovell Bourbon St. Lucy 191 By 1913 the owner was Skeete Bright Hall St. Lucy 177
In 2009 [11] and 2010, members of the upscale real estate industry in Barbados proposed the creation of artificial islands to be placed off the west coast. According to Paul Altman of Altman Realty the envisioned plan, would consist of two islands, one measuring 250 acres (1.0 km 2) in size, and would house new tourism based developments and upscale boutique shops; while the second island ...
Drax Hall, Barbados Drax Hall Estate is a sugarcane plantation situated in Saint George , Barbados , in the Caribbean . Drax Hall still stands on the site where sugarcane was first cultivated on Barbados and is one of the island 's two remaining Jacobean houses .
The Nation Publishing Company also publishes a weekly youth magazine called Attitude and a visitors' booklet called Explore Barbados. In 2004, a weekly Canadian print version was created, as a joint venture with the Carib-Cana Media Inc. (CCMI), to service a growing clientele in Canada for weekly news from Barbados. The Canadian version was ...
Chattel house in Barbados with additions. Chattel house is a Barbadian term for a small moveable wooden house that working class people would occupy. The term goes back to the plantation days when the home owners would buy houses designed to move from one property to another. The word "chattel" means movable property so the name was appropriate ...